The Highlands Scots are taking a road trip to face off against the San Juan Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
On Thursday, Highlands didn't have quite enough to beat Vacaville Christian and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, San Juan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 8-1 to Lindhurst. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1176th, while the Blazers are ranked 523rd).
San Juan's loss dropped their record down to 0-10-1. As for Highlands, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
Highlands took their win against San Juan when the teams last played on January 8th by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highlands since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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